About block 963,457
Bitcoin block 963,457 was mined by AntPool on August 21, 2026 at 3:15 PM UTC, 4 min 23 s after block 963,456. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,252 transactions in 1.76 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0411 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1661 BTC for this block.
Block 963,457 is number 1,826 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 190 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,543 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 202 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,706 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.